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17th September 2002 – Ullapool, Scotland

We pick up our tale with a touch of class with the BT Scottish Ensemble in the West Coast of Scotland. We finished our USA leg in NYC, overnighted to Britain, spent time with Diana and friends in London and then moved north. We had had insane hot Chinese food in NYC with Megan (who just got married in Bellingham!), had the essential Scottish curry and ate fish and chips on the Royal Mile. Oh and did Belgo in London. And danced a ceilidh in the now closed Riverside Club. And ate what was to be my last meal in Mitchell’s Charing Cross (also closed). Definitely, in more ways than one, this trip was a bit of a swan song of Scotland for me – I never knew it at the time and at least Danika caught a glimpse of some of the highlights.

Other experiences included the classically wet trip to Skye (I promise, one day I will go there when it’s nice) including what I think ended up averaging out (once price-per-person and $/£ were taken into account) as one of, if not the most expensive accomodation of the whole trip. Cute though.

And in terms of memories – the spicy Chinese recollection returns, but “Get Shorty” in Skye/Ullapool/wherever? Really?